Maxim Sansour

A clinically dystopian, yet humorous approach to the deadlock in the Middle East.

Familiar Phantoms is an experimental documentary short film about memory, history and trauma.

As Abu Laila is forced to leave his job as a judge and become a cab driver, he faces a hectic challenge when he's told by his wife to bring a gift and a cake for their daughter's seventh birthday, which proves to be a task more complicated than he expected.